There are many ways to quit a job, and some ways are nothing short of epic. There's Steven Slater, a JetBlue flight attendant, who, at the end of yet another flight where he felt abused by passengers, announced that he was quitting his job, deployed the aircraft's evacuation slide and slid down it with two beers he had grabbed from the service cart.

Then there's writer Marina Shifrin, who worked all hours of the day and night creating videos for her employer, a Taiwanese animator. Fed up, she created one final video, set to the tune of Kanye West's "Gone," showing her dancing around the office as she describes exactly why her job is so bad.

Apparently her boss was obsessed with how many views the company's videos were getting, which makes it quite ironic that her "I Quit" video has thus far garnered 18,161,423 views on YouTube.

And then there's Gwen Dean, who may have just eclipsed all past epic job resignations smack dab in the middle of Super Bowl XLVIII. During a commercial for Go Daddy, the 36-year-old machine engineer from Yonkers, New York had just two words for her boss, Ted: "I quit." One of her puppets, Mr. Frank, added "Ciao Baby."

According to Nielsen, the 2014 Super Bowl garnered 111.5 million views, which makes it the most watched game, and likely the most publicly viewed job resignation, ever.

So, what did boss Ted have to say about being told he would no longer have the services of Gwen in such a public matter? "You've got to be kidding. Wow. Great commercial." In an interview with the"Today" show, Gwen said he was "laughing his can off. It was super cool."

On the surface, it sounds like a reckless way to quit a job and a great way to burn those bridges down to the ground. But Gwen actually did some things right here.

• Be prepared. Before Gwen gave her turbo-charged resignation, she got all her ducks in a row. She got her website up and running, so the minute she tendered her resignation, she could take her business live. She also built her clientele (and puppets) in her hours away from work. Don't wait to line the stuff up you need to make a successful transition until after you've quit -- get ready while you are still working and earning a paycheck, whether that entails furthering your education, starting a savings account, getting the proper licenses or certifications, etc.

• Get pumped ... but stay realistic. Gwen left her job to pursue her passion for puppetry. While it might sound a little "out there" at first, Gwen has been doing puppetry since high school and had imagined doing it for a living since then. Even if you're quitting for another job and not striking out on your own, it's important you understand that every workplace has good and bad things about it, and you need to be realistic about what lies ahead.

• Company rules still matter. Even though Gwen quit her job on a national stage, she still followed up immediately with a formal resignation letter. And even though her employer only requires a one-week notice, she gave two.